April 6th, 2008 - Dropping 50 pounds
On Thursday, we dropped about 50 pounds. How did we lose so much weight in one day? We finally got rid of the living room chair that we’ve not really used all winter! We Freecycled it (with full disclose of the issue and size).
Sometime last fall, one of the back supports broke. It was already a very squishy chair, and this made it almost impossible to get out of. We have long thought the chair was far too large for our space, so we had no motivation to fix it. It’s over 4′ wide and 3′ deep. It feels like half that width is the huge arms. We loved the chair–and the matching sofa–at first because they were so squishy and comfy. But they’ve gotten too squish and aren’t so comfy to us anymore. Plus those huge arms! We’d like to get another one, but probably won’t upgrade our living room until after we pay for the adoption.
It’s been in the office all winter, taking up about a quarter of the room it feels, since there isn’t that much open space to begin with. With it gone, there’s so much space now! And since we hadn’t been using it anyway, we haven’t missed it a bit. In fact, we can now do things like reach the camera recharger and the DVDs without climbing over the chair.